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AND C [license] LICENSES aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for the
first offense, and for each succeeding offense shall .be fined not exceeding one
hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty
(30) days or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 114
(Senate Bill 903)

AN ACT to add new Sections 3-113(e), 3-601.2, and 3-815 to Article 66-1/2 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "3. Certificates of Title and
Registration of Vehicles," subheadings "Part I. Certificates of Title," "Part VI.
Special Plates for Dealers, Transporters and Finance Companies," and "Part
VIII. Fees Connected with Registration and Titling," to follow immediately
after Sections 3-113(d), 3-601.1, and 3-814, respectively, and to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, Section 5-205 of the same Article, Code and title,
subtitle "5. Licensing of Dealers, Wreckers, Scrap Processors, Vehicle
Salesmen, Manufacturers, Distributors and Factory Branches," subheading
"Part II. Wreckers and Scrap Processors," to permit transfers of vehicles,
without titling, between auto wreckers and scrap processors or to licensed
dealers and to specify the procedure for this transfer, to authorize issuance of
wreckers and scrap processors registration plates, to fix the fees for these plates,
to regulate their use, and to provide for their revocation, and to increase the
fees paid by the Motor Vehicle Administration to wreckers and scrap processors
for the destruction of vehicles and to change the distribution of the fees and the
conditions of payment of the fees.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 3-113(e), 3-601.2, and 3-815 be and they are
hereby added to Article 66-1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "3.
Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles," subheadings "Part I.
Certificates of Title," "Part VI. Special Plates for Dealers, Transporters and
Finance Companies," and "Part VIII. Fees Connected with Registration and
Titling," to follow immediately after Sections 3-113(d), 3-601.1, and 3-814,
respectively, and that Section 5-205 of the same Article, Code and title, subtitle
"5. Licensing of Dealers, Wreckers, Scrap Processors, Vehicle Salesmen,
Manufacturers, Distributors and Factory Branches," subheading "Part II.
Wreckers and Scrap Processors," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and all to read as follows:

3-113.

(E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS TO THE
CONTRARY, AN AUTO WRECKER LICENSED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS ARTICLE HAVING OWNERSHIP
IN A VEHICLE MAY TRANSFER THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER
LICENSED AUTO WRECKER OR REGISTERED DEALER WITHOUT